Everything Will Conspire
To Stop You
There are
endless reasons
and ways
You’ve got three kids
You’ve got three teeth
The rent is four months past due
You’re a big hit at the office
She left last week
The engine won’t turn over
You just aren’t feeling it
The terrorist pulls the blade
The wine went bad
Fame arrived too fast
You’ll lose their respect
You’re in the cancer game
The bus turning left, one block north
You’ll do it tomorrow
The doubt, just behind your left ear
Thirty three parking tickets
Out of milk
Never went to college
Went to too much college
The step onto a rotting board
Oversexed
Undersexed
Et Cetera
Et Cetera
Et Cetera
Everything will
conspire to stop you
There are
endless reasons
and ways
They are all common
to every man
In the end
you’ve got to
sharpen the steel
and do the thing
Then do it again
No matter the payoff
No matter the beating
You are no different
than any before you
Their blood ran
in the gutter
So will yours
If you want
to finish this race
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